New research suggests orangutans not so solitary

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(AP) -- When British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in Borneo's jungles 150 years ago, one of his great hopes was to see orangutans. Even he was surprised at his success, spotting the red apes feeding along river banks, swinging between branches, and staring down from trees almost the moment he arrived.

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